Aug 22 : "Lemon Pie" - Bel Heir (Philly)

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released (June)

Philly Music!

Another sensational show I saw Saturday night at Boot and Saddle was by Philly band "Bel Heir". Some great melodic lines; I've been listening to their Soundcloud a lot. Actually there is a stronger bass and rhythm in the Soundcloud version than there was at the show. Also some very vibrant changes in texture come through much better on Soundcloud. They just came out with some new music in June; it's on an ep, titled "Washed Up". Here is "Lemon Pie" (on Soundcloud) from that album. Stylistically this song represents what I like most about the band's music :::

I know I'm going to go back to hear them again, but right now Bel Heir doesn't have any other shows lined up. In the meantime, here is the click to their Facebook page where you can keep an eye on what they'll be doing next ::: Bel Heir on Facebook (CLICK HERE).

Aug 20 : "Toxic Boy" - Blame Candy (Mystery Town)

Last night I went to Boot and Saddle and saw glam rock outfit "Blame Candy" open up the evening. Good music and an over-the-top stage presence. This was my first time seeing them,; hope to see them again. ... None of their web pages indicates where they're from, so they could be from Mars or outer space. I'm just listing their location as "Mystery Town".

Here is a sample of their recent music from the past year. The song is "Toxic Boy":

Blame Candy is doing another show on September 20 at Knitting Factory. Here is the click to their Facebook page so you can keep an eye out: Blame Candy on Facebook (CLICK HERE).

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5/16/20 ::: Update ::: Looks like the band removed music from their site!

Aug 02 : Blues (Live at Q) - Nemes (Boston)

A violin in a rock band. Wow! That's part of the lineup of Boston band, "Nemes".

So here's one of those bands that sounds different in real life as compared to what they've got on the web. The music on Bandcamp sounds good, but no audio can possibly record anything near the high-energy raucous show that the band did at Pianos a few weeks ago, including, what the band calls "fiddle action glory".

The composition and structure of Nemes' music is different from that of the last two outfits I wrote about here. While the last two showed a tighter style in their composition, Nemes shows a far more free-form style of writing. In fact, the personality of a song can change multiple times in one track. Here is "Blues", which is the seventh and final track of their 2016 album, "Live in Studio - Q Divison"

Listen as the violin comes in and starts to become prominent near the 2.13 marker. And listen for major surprise structural changes at (approximately) 3.33, 4.35, and 7.57.

Nemes doesn't have other shows coming up in the NY or Philly areas, but here is the click to their Facebook page, where you can keep tabs on what they're doing. Nemes on Facebook (CLICK HERE)